As Instagram adds more users, the feature list continues to grow. Instagram is closing on on user numbers in the billions. On Monday, September 25, the social media platform shared that the number of monthly active users is now at 800 million. The latest Instagram user count shows a growth of 100 million users in…

Snapchat isn't the first to consider switching out boring skies -- but its new app might be the simplest way to swap skies yet. Snapchat is reaching for the sky — err, make that replacing the sky. The social media app has launched a new tool that allows users to swap the sky in their…

You can now get online aboard any of Virgin Atlantic's planes, and to celebrate, the airline is hosting a giant comedy festival. The best comedy show this week won’t take place in a cellar, but rather among celestial bodies. On Thursday, September 28, Broad City’s Abbi Jacobson and five other comedians will be found aboard a…

With 45 percent of global smartphone connections on 2G networks, lightweight versions of apps are key to success. Twitter is jumping on the bandwagon with Twitter Lite. Facebook has done it, YouTube has done it, Twitter is doing it, too. We’re talking, of course, about offering a lightweight version of the platform to make it easier…

Reddit has become the comments section to every corner of pop culture. It reaches millions of people every day because it houses something for everyone. Whether it’s sports, video games, literature, or just really dumb stuff, you can find a subreddit that feels tailor-made for you.

The latest algorithm fail supports an ongoing argument that companies rely too much on computers to spot inappropriate posts. Score another point for human oversight — Facebook algorithms are once again being criticized for inadvertently promoting an inappropriate post. In an auto-generated Facebook post for Instagram, the algorithm promoted a screenshot of an email containing a…